Greenlee 910FS - Section 5. Troubleshooting; High Splice Loss Causes and Remedies

910FS Splicer
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Section 5. Troubleshooting
High Splice Loss Cause and Remedy
Symptom Cause Remedy
Core axial offset Dust on V-groove or ber
clamp chip.
Clean V-groove and ber
clamp chip.
Core angle Dust on V-groove or ber
clamp chip damaged.
Clean V-groove and ber.
Check clamp chip.
Bad ber end-face quality. Check if ber cleaver
is clean and in good
condition.
Core step Dust on V-groove or ber
clamp chip.
Clean V-groove and ber
clamp chip.
Core curve Bad ber end-face quality. Check if ber cleaver
is clean and in good
condition.
Prefuse power too low, or
prefuse time too short.
Increase “Prefuse Power”
and/or “Prefuse Time”.
MFD mismatch Arc power too low. Increase “Arc Power” and/
or “Arc Time”.
Combustion Bad ber end-face quality. Check if ber cleaver
is clean and in good
condition.
Dust still present after
cleaning ber or cleaning
arc.
Clean ber thoroughly and/
or increase “Cleaning Arc
Time.”
Bubbles Bad ber end-face quality. Check if ber cleaver
is clean and in good
condition.
Prefuse power too low, or
prefuse time too short.
Increase “Prefuse Power”
and/or “Prefuse Time”.
Separation Fiber stufng too small. Perform “Motor
Calibration”.
Prefuse power too high, or
prefuse time too long.
Decrease “Prefuse Power”
and/or “Prefuse Time”.
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